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Which animal has the most powerful jaws?

In this regard, the champion is the alligator, whose jaws are capable of developing a force of about a ton, which neither a lion, nor a shark, nor a hyena can do.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Does a cow really have four stomachs?

No, a cow does not have four stomachs. But her stomach is divided into 4 sections. Cows, sheep, goats, camels, llamas, deer and antelopes have a habit of swallowing food and then putting it back into their mouths. Then they carefully, with pleasure, chew it. Such animals are called ruminants.

The reason they developed this way of eating is because their ancestors were easy prey for stronger, more powerful animals. Therefore, many millennia ago, in order to protect themselves, ruminants used to swallow food quickly, then hide in secluded places and chew it there in a calm atmosphere, with pleasure. This becomes possible thanks to the stomach of these animals, divided into 4 compartments: scar, mesh, book and abomasum.

When the food that the cow swallows is coarse, it enters the rumen, the largest of all departments. There it softens and goes into the grid. In this section, the food reaches the desired size. Later, it enters the mouth again by burping. This is the opposite process of swallowing. After chewing, the animal swallows again, sending the chewed food to the third section, from where it passes into the fourth, directly into the stomach.

Cows, sheep, goats have no front teeth on the upper jaw. Instead, the gums form a firm cushion.

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